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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 07:34 AM
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Even for Bill Gates!
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 08:08 AM
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 08:09 AM
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nice...i had a friend who worked at the apple store...and their wireless cash registers run on windows..they cover up the logos with apple stickers
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 08:11 AM
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He should get an apple.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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He probably has one. He (MS) owns a large chunk (wedge? slice?) of Apple.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by JettaGT,Jun 26 2008, 12:09 PM
nice...i had a friend who worked at the apple store...and their wireless cash registers run on windows..they cover up the logos with apple stickers
Well, thats just not true - Apple has their own point of sale system.

Lightyears ahead of Microsoft's system - http://www.apple.com/business/solutions/pos/
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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So this POS actually work?
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Jun 26 2008, 10:03 AM
Well, thats just not true - Apple has their own point of sale system.

Lightyears ahead of Microsoft's system - http://www.apple.com/business/solutions/pos/
He said workED, which could mean before Apple had this retail system
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by KeithMajkasays,Jun 26 2008, 03:18 PM
He said workED, which could mean before Apple had this retail system
Apple has had its own POS as long as its had Apple stores.

Maybe his friend worked at a reseller in the 90s or something.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 12:07 PM
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It works quite well. Simpler and with fewer issues than anything I had Windoze based. But that's the norm for Apple vs. Microsoft
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